Provides information on fire as an ecological factor for forest habitat types occurring east of the Continental Divide in Montana. Identifies ""Fire Groups""
of habitat types based on fire's role in forest succession. Describes forest fuels and...

Local Indian education programs threatened by D.C. budget cuts; Seismic activity on the lake subject of meeting Thurday; District meeting attracts an older crowd; Water, sewer rates set; Petition is filed; Bathhouse has a year to prove itself; IHS...

Local Indian education programs threatened by D.C. budget cuts; Seismic activity on the lake subject of meeting Thurday; District meeting attracts an older crowd; Water, sewer rates set; Petition is filed; Bathhouse has a year to prove itself; IHS...

This proceedings is a product of the first comprehensive and international examination of Larix species of the world. It reports most of the papers and posters hat were presented at the International Symposium ""Ecology and Management of Larix...

This proceedings is a product of the first international workshop on the five subalpine stone pines of the world - Pinus albicaulis, P. cembra, P. koraiensis, P. pumila, and P. sibirica. It includes 48 papers on the evolution and taxonomy, ecology,...

Information about the biology, ecology, and management of quaking aspen on the mountains and plateaus of the interior western United States, and to a lesser extent, Canada, is summarized and discussed. The biology of aspen as a tree species,...

Wildfires play a multiple role in the distribution of dwarf mistletoes - they may either inhibit or encourage these parasites depending primarily on the size and intensity of the burn. Many reports suggest that fire exclusion policies of the past...

Tribal salaries frozen April 30, thawed May 7; 675-4600 is the new main phone number for Pablo's Tribal offices; 'Story inaccurate,' claims councilman,'Honest mistake!' pleads reporter; Washington state sues NTPC, feds; Career Day was an...

Tribe wants boundary action; Jurisdictional 'misunderstanding' causes a number of problems; Tribe-BIA must comply with environmental law; Jocko River mud; Blackfeet in line for Governor; What's new on the Reservation; Tribe donates $5,000 to St....

Describes a method for appraising fuels and fire behavior potential in aspen forests to guide the use of prescribed fire and the preparation of fire prescriptions. Includes an illustrated classification of aspen fuels; appraisals of fireline...

Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.) is a slow-growing, long-lived tree of the high mountains of southwestern Canada and the Western United States. Whitebark pine is of limited commercial use, but it is valued for watershed protection and...

Habitat types and community types and their phases for the major forest tree species in the Rocky Mountain and Intermountain regions are tabulated. Included are the name(s), general location, elevation, relative site, successional status, principal...

Results of research on the Miller Creek Demonstration Forest have practical applications in teaching science, whether in primary or secondary grades or college level. This ""Teachers Supplement"" is an application of how Forest Service research may...

Five forested vegetation types and one grassland in western Montana were subjected to experimental trampling. Changes in vegetational cover, number of species, mineral soil exposure, and soil penetration resistance were examined, as were responses...